"[My twin brother] he was the star artist of the family as we - as we were growing up. He eventually lost interest and went more towards literature and then medicine and then business and so on. But for me it became something that I did well. And it felt great being able to make something look like something."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Brother Quotes #Stars Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“Stories are the currency of human relationships.”
“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.”

Source : Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
“Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.”
“They pay money to watch the same film. Now, you could argue, that's because it makes them feel comfortable. When they go to a movie now, it's almost like hearing a pop song. You know the rhythms, you know when the downbeat is going to come, you know when the explosion is going to comeâ€¦ And so as life becomes more complex, as the economy is in trouble, people cling to what makes them comfortable, so they go again and again to see the same movie.”
“Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.”
“Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.”
“We can never establish with certainty what part of our relations with others is the result of our emotions - love, antipathy, charity, or malice - and what part is predetermined by the constant power play among individuals.”
“My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part.”

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